7. "Than an old ...king" refers to the Evil Inclination, WHICH STANDS IN CONTRAST TO METATRON AND IS CALLED A 'SCOUNDREL.' As we have learned, it never departed from its impure ways from the day it was created. It is foolish, as all its ways lead to evil. It deludes people and does not know how to take care of itself. It accuses people falsely and misleads them from the path of good to the path of wickedness.